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chiton

Postby bailey36 » Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:47 am

chi·ton noun \ˈkī-tən, ˈkī-ˌtän\
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: any of a class (Polyplacophora) of elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks with a dorsal shell of calcareous plates
2
[Greek chitōn] : the basic garment of ancient Greece worn usually knee-length by men and full-length by women

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Re: chiton

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:48 pm

Something tickles my memory from a zoology courrse I once took, that maybe chiton can also apply to the material of the shell itself???
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Re: chiton

Postby bailey66 » Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:30 pm

Something tickles my memory from a zoology courrse I once took, that maybe chiton can also apply to the material of the shell itself???
Actually the chiton covering insects was the reason i wanted to post this word.

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